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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7097406 | Wheel skate A skate for a wheel assembly of a motor vehicle is used to maneuver the vehicle in confined spaces. The wheel skate has a U-shaped frame fitted to the wheel assembly by adjusting the width of the expandable/contractible frame until the unit is wide enough to positio... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7011471 | Jacking method and apparatus A jacking method and apparatus for a heavily loaded platform includes hydraulic continuous linear motion motors, preferably comprising a plurality of phased hydraulic piston/cylinder units, that are engaged to drive the heavily loaded platform to provide relative mo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6880809 | Separating device A separating device that includes a wedge that extends between first and second plates, with at least one of the plates being supported by a support device such as a bar. The support device supports the or each plate while the device is in use so that the plate(s) a... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6773218 | Adjustable ceiling panel lifting apparatus An adjustable ceiling panel lifting apparatus for installing ceiling panels without using ladders. The adjustable ceiling panel lifting apparatus includes lift support assemblies each including a support base member and a pair of support rail members being spaced ap... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6763566 | Method and device for demounting/remounting hammers, hammer axles and/or protective caps of rotors of hammer crushers A method and apparatus involving releasing the rotor (1) and turning it to and fixing it at top dead center, attaching an extractor head to an exposed end of the hammer axle. A cross-piece (2.1) is applied and a releasable element of a slide (2.4 | 07/20/2004 |
| 6652194 | Jack-up mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) and jacking method and apparatus A mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) jacking system includes a plurality of hydraulic continuous linear motion motors, preferably comprising a plurality of phased hydraulic piston/cylinder units, that are engaged with a plurality of MODU supporting legs... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6581910 | Rack-type kinematic mechanism, in particular for vehicle lifts A rack-type lift for vehicles includes a first, stationary rack and a second movable rack that supports a lifting unit. A toothed wheel that is movable within the lift between a first and second end position is interposed between the racks, which racks ar... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6347817 | Locking device for use in a cargo support to lock a retractable tube A locking device installed in a cargo support to lock a retractable tube, including a holder frame fastened to the outer tube of the retractable tube, a rack moved in a longitudinal sliding way defined between two parallel lugs of the holder frame, a driv... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6062541 | Portable jackbolt positioning system and method A apparatus and method for moving and aligning objects such as machine components includes a plate positionable beneath and engageable with an object to be moved, a block engageable with the plate, and a bolt extending through a bore in the block. The bol... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5496013 | Device for moving large and heavy loads A device for moving large and heavy apparatuses combining modular rail sections positioned one after the other to form two parallel rails onto which slides a load-carrying plate extending transversely between the rails. The upper surface of the rail secti... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5137235 | Inverted angle drill A portable stand supports and positions an inverted power drill relative to an overlying workpiece. The power drill is adjustably positionable both vertically and angularly with respect to the workpiece.... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4934869 | Gripper device for column supported structures Gripper devices are installed in the spudwells of a platform or causeway section and manually operated to grip the pile to suspend the platform or causeway section in a level position on the piles. Each gripper device has a cylindrical bowl with a flat mo... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4923174 | Apparatus for bi-directionally moving and placing large and heavy objects An improved portable apparatus for moving and precisely placing a large and heavy object includes load support rails, aligned pairs of anchoring structures secured to and spaced longitudinally from one another along the rails, an actuator-supporting shoe ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4901982 | Method intended to facilitate disengagement of mechanisms applying high stress to one another A system and method are provided to facilitate disengagement of two mechanisms engaged with one another with a high stress therebetween, such as in rack locking arrangements used on offshore platforms. The first mechanism (e.g., a rack) is mobile in relat... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4768835 | Advancing system for coal winning machine The advancing system for a coal winning machine comprises a guide installed along a face conveyor, and an advancing mechanism connected with the machine. The advancing mechanism is accommodated in a separate housing and has at least two successively commu... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4681506 | Table feed apparatus A table feed apparatus is disclosed. The table feed apparatus includes a fixed bed, a first movable table and a second movable table. The first movable table and the second movable table are carried on the fixed bed through the first and second linear bea... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4655640 | Advancing mechanism and system utilizing same for raising and lowering a work platform A rack (16) extends along a support column (12) for a work platform (10) which is guided for up and down movement along the support column (12). A pair of independently movable supports (32, 34) are provided. A separate extendible/retractable hydraulic cy... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4627768 | Locking device for oil platforms The locking device for a self-raising oil platform comprising a shell (1) mounted to be movable along legs (2) by means of raising mechanisms comprising output gear pinions cooperative with racks (3) mounted on at least a part of the length of the legs (2... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4589799 | Device for locking platform of offshore structure A device for locking a platform of an offshore structure wherein each of legs vertically rest on the sea floor and is provided with a rack. The platform in adapted to move upward or downward along the legs and is provided with chocks which engage with the... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4497591 | Advancing mechanism and system utilizing same for raising and lowering a work platform A rack (16) extends along a support column (12) for a work platform (10) which is guided for up and down movement along the support column (12). A pair of vertically spaced apart pinion wheels (56) engage the rack (16). Each pinion wheel (56) is mounted o... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4398847 | Clamping device Clamping device having clamping members cooperating via a pressure area and an intermediate member with a pressure member, the intermediate member consisting of a slide member having a cross section in the form of a segment of a circle, a plane surface co... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4387881 | Barge jacking apparatus For use with an offshore drilling barge, a jacking apparatus is disclosed which utilizes racks mounted on the leg to be elevated, there being two or more racks on each leg, and the racks are equipped with teeth and spaces where teeth are omitted. There is... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4329088 | Tilt-up/jack-up off-shore drilling apparatus and method Method and apparatus for elevating a prefabricated, offshore, well-drilling or other platform on a prefabricated upright support in deep water. The platform is elevated by jacking units on a platform having legs suspended from a superstructure on the supp... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4303368 | Remote docking apparatus The remote docking apparatus comprises a support plate with locking devices mounted thereon. The locking devices are capable of being inserted into tubular members for suspending the support plate therefrom. A vertical member is attached to the support pl... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4270877 | Working platform Floating apparatus for performing operations, such as dredging and drilling, on and in a bottom under water subject to violent motion. The apparatus comprises a working platform provided with legs vertically adjustable to the depth of the bottom by adjust... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4255069 | Jack-up platform locking apparatus The invention relates to a jack-up platform locking apparatus. The subject locking apparatus includes a frame operable to be securely connected to a deck of the platform and a lock unit having at least one tooth for engaging a compatibly configured surfac... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4212450 | Jacking apparatus The jacking apparatus comprises a load frame adapted to move relative to a rail having single slots longitudinally spaced therealong. A pawl carriage is disposed inside the frame for movement relative thereto. A single, double-acting hydraulic actuator is... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4206906 | Jack This specification discloses a jack capable of raising an object from ground level height to a predetermined height characterized by a superstructure that includes a base and a strong member above the base and connected thereto, the strong member having t... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4205826 | Lifting and supporting apparatus for a tower crane A method and apparatus for lifting a tower crane, and for supporting the tower crane when lifted, utilizes the existing structure of the tower's mast sections for connection of lifting and supporting apparatus. Hydraulic jacks lift threaded lifting rods, ... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4173331 | Method and arrangement for staying climb rods for co-operation with so-called climbing jacks A method of staying climb rods for co-operation with so-called climbing jacks by utilizing masts, preferably lattice masts, each of which climb rods is capable to carry vertical forces transferred via associated climbing jacks, while horizontal forces act... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4148403 | Remote access manipulator A remote access manipulator for performing operations on equipment located in areas where human access is limited. The manipulator comprises a slave carriage located in the equipment on which the operation is to be performed, such as a nuclear steam gener... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4130151 | Log feeding and de-branching mechanism A log feeding and de-branching mechanism comprising two sets of alternately operating tools which grip around the log to alternately hold the log for lengthwise feeding and to debranch the log, respectively, and which tool sets are linearly movable in mut... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4125193 | Climbing device for climbing crane A climbing device for a climbing crane wherein two upper supporting arms are supported vertically movably by a main cylinder having its upper end pivoted to the upper portion of a guide frame which in turn is intrusively attached to a mast, and two lower ... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4074814 | Method and apparatus for controlling surface traversing device A method and apparatus are provided for controlling the movement of a surface traversing apparatus across a member which has an ordered array of openings in it's surface. Move control routines are provided, each of which instruct the traversing apparatus ... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4070868 | Off-shore drilling platform and method of mounting An off-shore drilling platform structure and method of mounting in which the structure comprises a base with spaced upstanding legs thereon and a floatable platform slidable along the legs. Laminated tension elements have the opposite ends connected to th... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4066110 | Apparatus for splitting logs A wedge is mounted on one end of an elongated beam, and a hydraulic ram having a reaction member at one end and an extensible impact member at its opposite end is mounted on the other end of the beam with the impact member facing the wedge. When the impac... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4055260 | Battery extractor for vehicles A device for removing and inserting traction drive batteries in lift trucks, the device being supported upon the floor aside the lift truck and engageable with a body portion thereof for maintaining a fixed position in relation to the truck during operati... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4053138 | Method of lifting or lowering an object by means of a plurality of so-called climbing jacks A method of lifting or lowering of an object by means of a plurality of climbing jacks capable to climb each along a climb rod. The method comprises the steps of staying the rods slidably by means of associated support structures, arranging each rod on a ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4053062 | Tube bundle extractor for use with heat exchangers The invention operates on a bundle of cooling tubes which in use are disposed within a heat exchanger shell which is typically a longitudinally elongated cylinder disposed with its long axis horizontal and supported well above a floor, on a steel framewor... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4041711 | Method and apparatus for quickly erecting off-shore platforms Method and apparatus for elevating an off-shore well drilling or other platform on a support structure in a minimum of time with maximum safety. The platforms are elevated on one or more caissons, utilizing one or more jacking units. One type of support s... | 08/16/1977 |
